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Tracking Turtles From Space Via Satellite Tags

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Tom Patton
Nov 02, 2020
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Researchers at James Cook University in Australia will be tracking turtles from space to better manage their environment around a busy port.

JCU PhD student Emily Webster will be using satellite tags to track green turtles at the Port of Gladstone so scientists can log their movement patterns.

“The satellite trackers receive radio signals from GPS satelli…

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